News: Audiobooks

Double digit growth in audiobook sales in 2024 – to a whopping $2.22 billion – is reported by the Audio Publishers Association (APA) in its annual Sales Survey. And the APA’s annual Consumer Survey finds more than half of Americans aged 18 and older have listened to an audiobook – and the audience is growing …

When your audiobook narration fans check you out at a library, it’s increasingly likely to be via a digital download. And as library audiobook purchases grow in both adult and youth collections, buyers still show a strong preference for human narrators vs. AI-generated voices. These findings and more are in the results of a recent survey conducted by Library Journal (LJ) and School Library Journal (SLJ), in partnership with the Audio Publishers Association (APA) …

Audiobook fans who are buying more titles and a growing overall audience pushed audiobook sales in 2023 to $2 billion – a 9% jump from 2022 – reports the Audiobook Publishers Association (APA). “Audiobooks are becoming more mainstream,” the APA says in a press release that highlights results from two annual surveys, including most popular genres and a concern about piracy …

Do you find yourself in the library? That is, as an audiobook narrator? The answer points mostly to the type and popularity of the books you narrate. Yet if a substantial number of consumers are allowed a say, your name is important, too …

For the 11th consecutive year, audiobook publishers’ revenue grew by double digits over the previous year, earning $1.8 billion in 2022, reports the Audio Publishers Association (APA). And more than half of the U.S. population aged 18 and older has by now listened to an audiobook. These are among highlights of recent consumer and sales surveys …

If you’re narrating Science Fiction and Fantasy audiobooks, you’re in the top category of titles published last year, according to an annual Sales Survey conducted for the Audio Publishers Association (APA). Highlights of that report and a companion Consumer Survey were released today – all in a $1.6 billion revenue year for publishers …

If you’re narrating in the category of books called “Mysteries/Thrillers/Suspense,” you’re voicing the most popular audiobook genre, according to the Audio Publishers Association’s (APA) latest Consumer Survey of American audiobook listeners, ages 18 and up. Yet “Self Help,” “Business” and “Romance” titles also enjoyed “sharp increases in interest.” And in a companion report also released to the public today, the APA’s annual member Sales Survey found that a record number of more than 71,000 audiobooks were published in 2020 – a 39% growth over 2019. This brought publishers a 12% jump in revenue to $1.3 billion in 2020 …

In 2019, U.S. audiobook sales reached $1.2 billion – up 16% from the previous year – with a corresponding increase in units sold, according to a recent survey of publishers by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). And publishers reported that 60,303 new titles were produced in 2019, which is 18% more than in 2018. It’s the eighth consecutive year of double-digit revenue growth for audiobook publishers, and is “simply phenomenal” …

One of the pinnacles in the career of an audiobook narrator is to be named a “Golden Voice” by AudioFile Magazine – a lifetime achievement honor recognizing “significant contributions to the audiobook art form.” Now at the start of June Audiobook Month, add five narrators to that honor roll …

Annual surveys conducted for the Audio Publishers Association (APA) consistently map an industry smashing records as it continues to grow. The surveys also reveal who’s listening to what. Here’s a summary of the latest survey findings, as reported today by the APA …